Long term impacts of cold CO2 injection on the caprock integrity

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 24, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-13

  Vilarrasa, Víctor ^a   Olivella, Sebastià ^b   Carrera, Jesús ^c   Rutqvist, Jonny ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caprock stability; Energy efficiency; Geologic carbon storage; Induced microseismicity; Thermo hydro mechanical coupling

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FAULT SLIPS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INDUCED SEISMICITY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MASS TRANSFER; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROSITY; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL STRESS;

CAPROCK; DISPLACEMENT COMPATIBILITY; GEOLOGIC CARBON STORAGES; MICROSEISMICITY; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY; STRESS REDISTRIBUTION; THERMO-HYDRO-MECHANICAL COUPLING; THERMO-MECHANICAL EFFECTS;

MECHANICAL STABILITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISPLACEMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FRICTION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SEISMICITY; STRESS;

EID: 84896541779     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2014.02.016     Document Type: Article

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